Adams County School District 14 in Colorado has a wide variety of materials and activities arranged by theme. Be sure to look at the listing in the navigation bar on the left hand side. Theme activities include Smart Board activities. Go to: http://sites.google.com/site/storytownsecondgrade/Home
Agatha Lee's Class in Belle Terre School has PowerPoint presentations for robust vocabulary words. There are 2 links on the left navigation bar of her home page. http://www.flaglerschools.com/schools/btes/teachers/LeeA/4016 Mrs. Sweeney at West End Elementary has shared her resources. Click on StoryTown in the navigation bar on the left side of her website: &NodeID=464
CVC CVC Maker - Word Play- Make words and put them on Word list, then read them back. and Word Match - Match word shown by using arrows by the letters.
Plot Sebastian Swan - read stories online and then answer questions Predictions These are worksheets
And Then... - Look at each picture, and then underline the sentence that tells what will probably happen next.
End the Story - Cut out the pictures on the bottom of the page. Decide which picture goes with each story. Paste the pictures on the page. Color the pictures.
Review Phonemes- Phonics-Word Builder – Three dozen different combining sound activities are available in the following categories; abc’s, short vowels, long vowels, other vowels, beginning consonants and final consonants. Word parts are read individually, blended, and then followed by a sentence accompanied by an illustration. Ignore the registration screen that pops up, select Maybe Later to go directly to the activity.
Poem Pack - Ten colorful poems with animation, audio and activities - featuring Daisy the snail, the toad and the goat, and friends. Read it, Hear it, search for sounds, and find words concentrating on vowel blends.
See 'N Spell - Students click and drag letters into the box to spell the words that correspond to the pictures. A very good activity with many skills such as plurals, long vowels, short vowels, blends and digraphs.
Blending Dragon - Direct your dragon with the mouse and catch the globes with real words. Choose the phoneme that you wish to work with
Word Families - select the word family to practice and select the correct beginning consonant to match the pictures
Websites with Various Resources:
Adams County School District 14 in Colorado has a wide variety of materials and activities arranged by theme. Be sure to look at the listing in the navigation bar on the left hand side. Theme activities include Smart Board activities.
Go to: http://sites.google.com/site/storytownsecondgrade/Home
Agatha Lee's Class in Belle Terre School has PowerPoint presentations for robust vocabulary words. There are 2 links on the left navigation bar of her home page. http://www.flaglerschools.com/schools/btes/teachers/LeeA/4016
Mrs. Sweeney at West End Elementary has shared her resources. Click on StoryTown in the navigation bar on the left side of her website: &NodeID=464
The site with grade 2 resources gathered by Dr. Elder at Lakewood Elementary includes a wide variety of materials and activities:http://www.pcboe.net/les/elderweb/Second%20Grade.htm
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Gr. 2 Theme 1: Count on Me
Vowels* Short A- Short E
- Short I
- Short O
- Short U
- Short Vowel Practice - select correct spelling of word
- Vowel Digraphs - select correct digraph to match picture
- Chicken Stacker- click on the word with the correct short vowel sound
- When Two Vowels go Walking - PBS provides this song with animation and examples. Very cute!
- CVC CVC Maker - Word Play- Make words and put them on Word list, then read them back. and Word Match - Match word shown by using arrows by the letters.
Inflections (s, es, d, ed, ing)- S or ES - choose correct spelling
- ED or ING - choose correct word.
- Suffix practice - more practice on s/es and ed/ing.
- Ending consonant practice - for all letters.
- Root Words - root quiz
- Prefixes - quiz
- Suffixes - quiz
Characters- Characters - Click on the different parts to create a character, then write a sentence about the character you created.
Sentence, Questions, Sentence PartsGr. 2 Theme 2: Doing Our Best
=Vowels See Vowels Above r-controlled Vowels- r-controlled game 1- find the r-contolled word that matches the picture
- r-controlled game 2
Inflections- See Inflections Above Compound Words- Compound Words - Select the word that makes a compound word.
- Compound Words - Drag and Drop to make compound words
- Compound Words - Match the blue word with the red to form a compound word
- Compound Words - Quia game
- Compound Words - online interactive game
- Compound Words - GetReadyToRead on-line game
Plot Sebastian Swan - read stories online and then answer questions Predictions These are worksheets- And Then... - Look at each picture, and then underline the sentence that tells what will probably happen next.
- End the Story - Cut out the pictures on the bottom of the page. Decide which picture goes with each story. Paste the pictures on the page. Color the pictures.
- What Will Happen Next? - Look at each picture. Draw what you think will happen next
Nouns, Plural Nouns, Proper Nouns- Irregular Plurals - match the related words, singular to plural
- Irregular Plurals - match related words, oes, os
- Plural Nouns - add s or e
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=Gr. 2 Theme 3: Changing Times
=Diagraphs- Review Phonemes- Phonics-Word Builder – Three dozen different combining sound activities are available in the following categories; abc’s, short vowels, long vowels, other vowels, beginning consonants and final consonants. Word parts are read individually, blended, and then followed by a sentence accompanied by an illustration. Ignore the registration screen that pops up, select Maybe Later to go directly to the activity.
- Poem Pack - Ten colorful poems with animation, audio and activities - featuring Daisy the snail, the toad and the goat, and friends. Read it, Hear it, search for sounds, and find words concentrating on vowel blends.
- See 'N Spell - Students click and drag letters into the box to spell the words that correspond to the pictures. A very good activity with many skills such as plurals, long vowels, short vowels, blends and digraphs.
- Blending Dragon - Direct your dragon with the mouse and catch the globes with real words. Choose the phoneme that you wish to work with
- Word Families - select the word family to practice and select the correct beginning consonant to match the pictures
- Consonant Blends - find the blend that matches the picture
- Beginning Consonant Digraphs - select the correct digraph
- Paw Park: Sassy Seals - Match beginning sounds
- Ending consonant practice - for all letters
- Ending Digraphs - select the correct digraph ending
Long E/Y- Long E- Short E- interactive whiteboard activity
- Long Vowels - poems and activities about long vowels and digraphs
- Long E or U
Author's Purpose- Quiz
- Author's purpose activity
Fiction/Non-Fiction Abbreviations- Duck Von Fly- Choose the correct abbreviation
- Wordweb
- Jigword
- Matchword
- Speedword
Possessive Nouns- Harcourt
- Quia
- Softschool quiz
- Possessive Noun Quiz
- Possessive Noun Play
r- controlled Vowels see above Pronouns- Skillwise
- Pronoun Clubhouse
- Quia- Pronoun Poppers
- Quia- Jeopardy Game (1 or 2 players)
- School House Rock Song
- iKnowthat.com- SuperNova Sentence Puzzlers with Jupiter Jane (Pronouns)
=Gr. 2 Theme 4: Dream Big
=Diagraphs and Suffixes- Vowel Digraphs - select correct digraph to match picture
- S or ES - choose correct spelling
- S song - Without an S
- ED or ING - choose correct word
- Suffix practice - more practice on s/es and ed/ing
Short vowels- See Vowels Dipthongs- Sadlier-Oxford Practice- Choose the correct spelling of the picture
r-controlled vowels- See r-controlled vowels Setting- Similarities and Differences in Setting- Determine what makes different settings alike
Locate Information Adjectives- Rats! Adjectives and Adverbs
- Grammar Blast!
- Interactive Whiteboard Activity- Picture of elephant- student list describing words and then write sentences (easily replicate in Kidspiration)
- iKnowthat.com- SuperNova Sentence Puzzlers with Jupiter Jane (Adjectives)
=Gr. 2 Theme 5: Better Together
=Vowel Dipthongs- See Dipthongs Abbreviations- See Abbreviations r-controlled Vowels- See r-controlled vowels Prefixes- Prefixes - quiz
- Harcourt: Book Buddy - tests knowledge of prefixes and suffixes. One or two players
Contractions- Contraction Practice - Interactive contraction practice.
- Contractions - Type in the contraction beside the two words.
- Contractions - Matching game
Action Verbs- Jupiter Jane- Primary (G1-3)
- Jupiter Jane- Intermediate (G4-6)
- Grammar Blast Verbs Game 1
- Simple Present Tense
Subject and Verb agreement- Word Viper - choose correct verb tenses, recognize correct verb forms, and recognize subject/verb agreement.
- Treasure Hunt
- Subject/Verb agreement Quiz
Past Tense Verb- Past Tense Practice
- Verb Tense Game
- Getting the right tense quiz
- Choose the Correct Verb Form
- Choose the Correct Verb Form
- Choose the Correct Verb Form
- Choose the Correct Verb Form
- Choose the Correct Verb Form
Forms of Be- 2Bee or NottooBee
- The Verb 'to be'
- Am, Is or Are
=Gr. 2 Theme 6: Seek and Find
=Prefixes and Suffixes- Vowel Digraphs - select correct digraph to match picture
- S or ES - choose correct spelling
- S song - Without an S
- ED or ING - choose correct word
- Suffix practice - more practice on s/es and ed/ing Prefixes
Inflections Irregular Verbs- Quia Game: Irregular Verbs I Play this game by yourself or with a partner and test your knowledge of irregular verbs
- Quia Game: Irregular Verbs II Try these Flashcard and Concentration games to learn more about irregular verbs
- Irregular Verbs Quiz 1
- Irregular Verbs Quiz 2
- Irregular Verbs Quiz 3
- Irregular Verbs Quiz 4
- Look, See or Watch
- Regular and Irregular Verbs Can you tell irregular verbs from regular ones? Complete these sentences on the whiteboard
- Go for a Grammar Gold Play this quiz and try to get a grammar gold
Helping Verbs- Helping Verb Test
- Go for Gold- helping verbs
Contractions